How Thiaw and Lacroix’s destinies could be entwined this summer

The respective futures of AC Milan defender Malick Thiaw and Wolfsburg defender Maxence Lacroix could be entwined this summer thanks to sharing an agent. 

As reported by Calciomercato.com, Milan are in a position where they have easy access to Lacroix’s agent should they choose him to be the replacement for Simon Kjaer.

Simultaneously, Thiaw has the same agent as Lacroix and he is one of the Milan players with the most potential suitors coming into the summer transfer window, with the likes of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich having shown interest in him in the recent past.

It is believed that he could fetch a fee of €30m, which would represent a major capital gain on the total €8.8m that Milan have spent on him.

Were Milan to sell Thiaw after what has been a disappointing season for the German, albeit with a serious injury, it would boost the transfer pot and some of that could be used to bring Lacroix in from Wolfsburg.

Milan recently met with the agent in question, Gordon Stipic, to discuss both Thiaw and Lacroix. Lacroix is attracting interest from all over Europe so it would not be that straight forward to sign him, but a good relationship with Stipic would help.